Director: James Sibley Watson and Melville Webber Year: 1928 Run-time: 13 min Source: Youtube In one of those strange cinematic coincidences, there were actually two adaptations of Poe's wonderful melancholic work, the short story The Fall of the House of Usher . In France, Jean Epstein (featured on our list for Coeur Fidele ) partnered with a new-to-the-industry Luis Bunuel, putting out a critical success - Ebert, for example, ranks it among his favorite films. This is the other one. Contrary to national stereotypes, the American director James Watson took a much more impressionistic and avant-garde approach to the source material. Although the three characters are present, and a few of the key scenes are recognizable, anyone who hasn't read the (very short) tale will have a hard time following along. The key takeaway from this highly experimental work is the overbearing sense of anxiety and fear that it imparts. As with the last film, I watched it ...
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